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Our Mission in Sierra Leone
The Mission in Sierra Leone was founded in December 2007, after His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II gave his blessing to the then Archimandrite Fr. Themistocles
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The Mission in Sierra Leone was founded in December 2007, after His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II gave his blessing to the then Archimandrite Fr. Themistocles
Dear Friends of Mission, I would like to talk to you about the Orthodox Mission in the wounded country of Sierra Leone. Across the country
In 1807, when the English were forced to stop slave trade after the international community’s disapproval, the ships that had already set off for the new continent returned back and freed the captive slaves, who had now gained their freedom…
His Eminence visited the largest slum in the center of the capital city of Sierra Leone, which has sheltered over 20,000 adults and children living under wretched conditions without water, electricity or any access to sanitation facilities. During the rainy season these people are at risk of being drowned by large water streams or being killed by landslides…
Our journey left us with a lot of indelible impressions and conscience-shattering experiences. We experienced the miracle of the creation of a Church. We saw how the grace of God, without the human means and facilities employed by other denominations, attracts the souls to the only true Church, Orthodoxy, overcomes all obstacles, and opens up streets to spread the Gospel…
Έβλεπα πώς σκοτωνόντουσαν μικροί και μεγάλοι για ένα πιάτο φαγητό ή για τα ρούχα που έπαιρναν, και δεν άντεξα. Για αυτό ζητώ από όλους τους αναγνώστες να πείτε έστω ένα Κύριε ελέησον για αυτό το λαό…
Before leaving for Sierra Leone, I filled my overweight luggage with little holy icons and crosses, books, school stuff, balloons and the communion bread that my mother kneaded for the Divine Liturgy…
25 tonnes of rice, milk, oil, pasta, salt, clothes, toys and ecclesiastical items were bought, gathered and wrapped up at our warehouse in Philyron
The Orthodox Church in Sierra Leone makes her best to reach and help the victims of the 12 year destructive war.
